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Show WAITERS MAY HAVE CAUSED II. S. DEPRESSION SAYS F. P. A. Waiters who interrupt with "Coffee "Cof-fee for you, sir?" just as the buyer's buy-er's sales resistance is on the verge of a knockout, are probably at the bottom of this depression business, believes Franklin P. Ad- ams, author, and the "F. P. A." of newspaper column fame. "All waiters, when a man at table is telling a story, or about to say, 'All right, I'll buy 30,000 tons of eopiier,' or 'Yes, I'll take that $100,000 policy; send the medical examiner over this afternoon' all waiters derail the entire-thought train by interrupting with 'Coffee for you, sir?" complains Mr. Adams Ad-ams In Liberty Magazine this week. ''Maybe waiters are responsible for the recent slump, depression or declivity. Maybe Just as things were going to get good again, some waiter interrupted the man who was goiug to place a gigantic order ord-er for something that would have shot everything so high I could have my 1923 car painted next sununerl" ' |